27 OCTOBER 1928, Page 2

He explained that in a:Capitalistic country the adherents of the

Right would join the Social Democrats, but in Russia they had to content themselves with adopting as many bourgeois ideas as possible without the fortifying sense, of belonging to a party. M. Stalin then posed question uestion ; " ho the conditions exist for making the restoration of Capitalism in Russia possible ? " His answer was " Yes. It may seem strange to you, comrades, but we have not torn up Capitalism by the roots. There is still a more solid basis in Russia for Capitalism than for Communism. The new BolsheVist Right under-estimates this Capitalist danger ; that is why it surrenders so easily to it."

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